Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 4511.511 | Pedestrian on bridge or railroad grade crossing.
...(A) No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has been given. (B) No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this divi... |
Section 4511.512 | Operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
...r the impoundment for not less than one day but not more than thirty days of the electric personal assistive mobility device that was involved in the current violation of that division. The court shall order the device to be impounded at a safe indoor location designated by the court and may assess storage fees of not more than five dollars per day, provided the total storage, processing, and release fees assessed ag... |
Section 4511.513 | Operation of personal delivery device on sidewalks and crosswalks.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible entity" means a corporation, partnership, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business. (2) "Personal delivery device" means an electrically powered device to which all of the following apply: (a) The device is intended primarily to transport property and cargo on sidewalks and crosswalks. (b) The device weighs less than five hundred fi... |
Section 4511.514 | Low-speed micromobility devices.
...(A)(1) A low-speed micromobility device may be operated on the public streets, highways, sidewalks, and shared-use paths, and may be operated on any portions of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles in accordance with this section. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, those sections of this chapter that by their nature could apply to a low-speed micromobility device do apply to the devic... |
Section 4511.52 | Bicycles and electric bicycles - issuance of ticket - points not assessed.
...(A) Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code that are applicable to bicycles and electric bicycles apply whenever a bicycle or electric bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a bicycle operator or electric bicycle operator who violates any section of the Revised ... |
Section 4511.521 | Operation of motorized bicycles.
...zed bicycle license expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth or eighth year after the date it is issued, based on the period of renewal requested by the applicant. No motorized bicycle license shall be issued for a period longer than eight years. A person who is sixty-five years of age or older may only apply for a motorized bicycle license that expires on the birthday of the applicant in the fourth yea... |
Section 4511.522 | Electric bicycles; labels; compliance with federal regulations; permitted use; violations.
...(A)(1) On and after January 1, 2020, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall permanently affix a label, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle. The label shall specify whether the electric bicycle is a class 1, class 2, or class 3 electric bicycle, the top assisted speed that the electric bicycle is capable of reaching, and the motor wattage of the electric bicycle. (2) No person shall ... |
Section 4511.53 | Operation of bicycles, motorcycles and snowmobiles.
...(A) For purposes of this section, "snowmobile" has the same meaning as given that term in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No person operating a bicycle or electric bicycle shall ride other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto or carry any other person upon such bicycle or electric bicycle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon, and no person shall ride up... |
Section 4511.54 | Prohibition against attaching bicycle, skates, sleds, etc., to vehicles.
...(A) No person riding upon any bicycle, electric bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, skateboard, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or self to any streetcar, trackless trolley, or vehicle upon a roadway. No operator shall knowingly permit any person riding upon any bicycle, electric bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, skateboard, or toy vehicle to attach the same or self to any streetcar, trackless trolley, o... |
Section 4511.55 | Operating bicycles, electric bicycles, and motorcycles on roadway.
...(A) Every person operating a bicycle or electric bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. (B) Persons riding bicycles, electric bicycles, or motorcycles upon a roadway shall ride not more than two abreast in a single lane, ... |
Section 4511.56 | Bicycle signal devices.
...(A) Every bicycle or electric bicycle when in use at the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, shall be equipped with the following: (1) A lamp mounted on the front of either the bicycle or electric bicycle or the operator that shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and three hundred feet to the sides. A generator-powered lamp that emits light on... |
Section 4511.57 | Passing on left side of streetcar.
...(A) The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left nor drive upon the left side of any streetcar proceeding in the same direction, whether such streetcar is in motion or at rest, except: (1) When so directed by a police officer or traffic control device; (2) When upon a one-way street; (3) When upon a street where the tracks are so located as to prevent compliance with this section; (4) When au... |
Section 4511.58 | Vehicle shall not pass streetcar discharging passengers - exception.
...(A) The driver of a vehicle overtaking upon the right any streetcar stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passenger shall stop such vehicle at least five feet to the rear of the nearest running board or door of such streetcar and remain standing until all passengers have boarded such streetcar, or upon alighting therefrom have reached a place of safety, except that where a safety zone has been estab... |
Section 4511.59 | Driving and turning in front of streetcars.
...(A) The driver of any vehicle proceeding upon any streetcar tracks in front of a streetcar shall remove such vehicle from the track as soon as practicable after signal from the operator of said streetcar. The driver of a vehicle upon overtaking and passing a streetcar shall not turn in front of such streetcar unless such movement can be made in safety. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever viol... |
Section 4511.60 | Driving through safety zone.
...(A) No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree... |
Section 4511.61 | Stop signs at dangerous highway crossings over railroad tracks.
...(A) As used in this section, " Grade crossing warning system" means the flashing-light signals, with or without automatic gates together with the necessary control equipment that is used to inform road users of the approach and presence of rail traffic at a grade crossing. (B) The department of transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions, with the approval of the department, may designate... |
Section 4511.62 | Stopping at railroad grade crossing.
...court, not to exceed one hundred eighty days after the court issues the order. The offender shall notify the court of the successful completion of the presentation. When the offender notifies the court of the successful completion of the presentation, the court shall waive any fine or jail term that it otherwise would have imposed for a violation of this section. |
Section 4511.63 | Stopping at grade crossings.
...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the operator of any bus, any school vehicle, or any vehicle transporting a material or materials required to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. Parts 100-185, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop the vehicle and, while so stopped, shall listen through an open door or open window and look in both directions along the track for any approaching tr... |
Section 4511.64 | Slow-moving vehicles or equipment crossing railroad tracks.
...(A) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. (1) Bef... |
Section 4511.65 | Designation of through highways.
...ffected local authority at least thirty days before installing or removing the stop sign. (B) Other streets or highways, or portions thereof, are hereby designated through highways if they are within a municipal corporation, if they have a continuous length of more than one mile between the limits of said street or highway or portion thereof, and if they have "stop" or "yield" signs or highway traffic signals at th... |
Section 4511.66 | Prohibition against parking on highways.
...(A) Upon any highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of said highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed portion of the highway opposite such standing vehicle shall ... |
Section 4511.661 | Unattended motor vehicles.
...(A) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the parking brake, and, when the motor vehicle is standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. The requirements of this section relating to the stopping of the engine, locking... |
Section 4511.67 | Police may remove illegally parked vehicle.
...Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of section 4511.66 of the Revised Code, such officer may move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway, bridge, or causeway, or in an... |
Section 4511.68 | Parking - prohibited acts.
...(A) No person shall stand or park a trackless trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk, except as provided in division (B) of this section; (2) In ... |
Section 4511.681 | Parking on private property - prohibited acts.
...(A) If an owner of private property posts on the property, in a conspicuous manner, a prohibition against parking on the property or conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted, no person shall do either of the following: (1) Park a vehicle on the property without the owner's consent; (2) Park a vehicle on the property in violation of any condition or regulation posted by the owner. (B) Whoever vio... |
Section 3321.21 | Notice.
...A notice under section 3321.19 or 3321.20 of the Revised Code, sent by registered mail, regular mail with a certificate of mailing, or other form of delivery with proof of delivery, including electronic delivery and electronic proof of delivery, is a legal notice. |
Section 3327.10 | Qualifications of drivers.
...meanor. (F)(1) Not later than thirty days after June 30, 2007, each owner of a school bus or motor van shall obtain the complete driving record for each person who is currently employed or otherwise authorized to drive the school bus or motor van. An owner of a school bus or motor van shall not permit a person to operate the school bus or motor van for the first time before the owner has obtained the person's comp... |
Section 3375.05 | Application for establishment of library stations, branches, or traveling library service.
... the state library board within ninety days after the receipt of the application by the state library board. (C) Within thirty days after the report has been filed with the state library board, the board shall either approve or disapprove, in whole or in part, the establishment of branches, library stations, or traveling library service as requested in the application. No approvals may be made under this secti... |
Section 339.08 | Hospital trust fund.
...The board of county hospital trustees may receive any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of the county hospital, and administer the said property and the proceeds thereof in the manner required by law or the instrument creating such trust. Before receiving such trust property, the board shall give additional bond in such amount as the board of coun... |
Section 341.011 | Notice of escape and apprehension of escaped person.
...(A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of an offense escapes from a county jail or workhouse or otherwise escapes from the custody of a sheriff, the sheriff immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the place where the person escap... |
Section 349.03 | Initiation of proceedings for organization of new community authority.
...-five nor more than one hundred fifteen days after the petition filing date, except that if the petition has been signed by all proximate communities or if the organizational board of commissioners is the legislative authority of the only proximate community for the proposed new community district, such hearing shall be held not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the petition filing date. The clerk ... |
Section 3501.11 | Board duties.
...in controversy, not later than fourteen days after the tie vote or the disagreement, to the secretary of state, who shall summarily decide the question, and the secretary of state's decision shall be final. (Y) Assist each designated agency, deputy registrar of motor vehicles, public high school and vocational school, public library, and office of a county treasurer in the implementation of a program for registerin... |
Section 3501.31 | Notice of election mailed to precinct officials.
...ce of the board at such time before the day of the election, not earlier than the tenth day before the day of the election, as the board designates to obtain the ballots, pollbooks, registration forms and lists, and other material to be used in the official's polling place on election day. The board may also provide for the delivery of such materials to polling places in a municipal corporation by members of the pol... |
Section 3501.38 | General rules for petitions and declarations of candidacy.
...etition was filed prior to the sixtieth day before the election at which the question or issue is scheduled to appear on the ballot. (J) All declarations of candidacy, nominating petitions, or other petitions under this section shall be accompanied by the following statement in boldface capital letters: WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE. (K) All separate petition pap... |
Section 3517.16 | [Former R.C. 3517.154, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.16 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Filing complaint; initial finding by secretary of state.
...Revised Code. (3) If, within fourteen days after service of the notice is complete under section 119.05 of the Revised Code, the person objects to the secretary of state's decision, the secretary of state shall not impose a fine or refer the matter for prosecution, and immediately shall refer the matter to the Ohio election integrity commission for its determination under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code. (4) ... |
Section 3519.08 | Withdrawal of petition - ballot procedure.
...e, at any time prior to the seventieth day before the day of an election at which an initiative or referendum is scheduled to appear on the ballot, a majority of the members of the committee named to represent the petitioners in the petition proposing that initiative or referendum under section 3519.02 of the Revised Code may withdraw the petition by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the secretary of s... |
Section 353.04 | Board of directors.
... by this chapter. Not later than sixty days after the creation of the board of directors, the board shall provide written notice of its creation to the legislative authority of each political subdivision with territory in the impacted lake district. The notice shall describe the process for the appointment of an advisory council. Upon receipt of such notice, the legislative authority of each political subdivis... |
Section 3702.301 | Licensing of freestanding birthing center - exemption.
...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a freestanding birthing center is not required to obtain a license under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code if all of the following are the case: (1) A religious denomination, sect, or group owns and operates the center. (2) Requiring that the center be licensed significantly abridges or infringes on the religious practices or beliefs of that religious denomi... |
Section 3702.524 | Duties of certificate holder within 24 months of grant.
...n not later than the earlier of thirty days after complying with that division or five days after the twenty-four-month period expires. Not later than the earlier of fifteen days after receiving the documentation or fifteen days after the twenty-four-month period expires, the director shall send by certified mail a notice to the holder of the certificate of need specifying whether the holder has complied with ... |
Section 3703.08 | Duty to comply with notice.
...Any owner, agent, or manager of a building in which an inspection is made by the division of industrial compliance, a board of health of a health district, or a certified department of building inspection of a municipal corporation or a county shall have the entire system of drainage and ventilation repaired, as the division, board of health, or department of building inspection directs by its order. After due ... |
Section 3705.15 | Registration of unrecorded birth - correction of birth record.
...ing, which shall not be less than seven days after the filing date. The court may require one publication of notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. The application shall be supported by the affidavit of the physician or certified nurse-midwife in attendance. If an affidavit is not available, the application shall be support... |
Section 3711.13 | Variances and waivers regarding operation of maternity homes.
...ns received. Not later than forty-five days after receiving an application, the board shall determine whether to grant the variance or waiver and shall notify the applicant in writing of the board's decision. (D) Both of the following apply to a board of health in determining whether to grant a variance or waiver: (1) A variance shall be granted to an applicant if the board determines that the intent of a req... |
Section 3714.04 | Granting of exemption where disposal of debris is unlikely to have adverse effects - exception.
...ctor may request. Not later than thirty days after receipt of the notice, the director shall provide written comment to the board of health regarding the proposed exemption. The written comment shall be considered by the board of health prior to the board's issuance of an order granting the exemption. |
Section 3717.25 | Fees.
...ng the proposed fee. At least twenty days prior to holding a public hearing, the licensor shall give written notice of the hearing to each person or government entity holding a retail food establishment license that may be affected by the proposed fee. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the licensee and shall specify the date, time, and place of the hearing and the amount of the proposed... |
Section 3717.30 | Director of agriculture may suspend or revoke retail food establishment license.
... request the hearing not later than ten days after the date of receipt of the notice. (3) If the license holder requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be not later than ten days after the date on which the director receives the request, unless the director and the license holder agree otherwise. (4) The director shall not postpone or continue an adjudication hearing without the consent of the licens... |
Section 3717.45 | Fees.
...ding the proposed fee. At least twenty days prior to holding a public hearing, the licensor shall give written notice of the hearing to each person or government entity holding a food service operation license that may be affected by the proposed fee. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the licensee and shall specify the date, time, and place of the hearing and the amount of the proposed fe... |
Section 3721.026 | Assignment or transfer of operation of nursing home.
... be submitted not later than forty-five days before the proposed effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator does not entail the relocation of residents. A completed application shall be submitted not later than ninety days before the proposed effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator entails the relocation of residents. The director may waive the time requirements spec... |
Section 3721.13 | Residents' rights.
...aints for a period not to exceed thirty days, and at the end of this period and any subsequent period may extend the authorization for an additional period of not more than thirty days. The use of physical or chemical restraints shall not be continued without a personal examination of the resident and the written authorization of the attending physician stating the reasons for continuing the restraint. If physical... |
Section 3721.19 | Nonparticipation in state assistance program.
... the Revised Code and, at least ninety days prior to such termination, provided written notice to the residents of the home and their sponsors of such action. This requirement shall not apply in cases where the department of medicaid terminates a home's provider agreement or provider status. (B) A home licensed under this chapter as a residential care facility shall provide notice to each prospective resident ... |
Section 3721.26 | Adoption of rules.
...The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3721.21 to 3721.25 of the Revised Code, including rules prescribing requirements for the notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code. The notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code are not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; however, the rules may pr... |